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In the US, Obesity is fast becoming the biggest health crisis of our generation. There are lots of reasons, from fast food to lifestyle changes and a changing way of working, but the bottom line is we’re getting fat.

In this map, we plotted the percentage of obese people within the larger population. Some of the results, are, quite frankly, scary:

On average, at least 30.8% of the population is obese. Remember, we’re not talking about putting a few pounds on after your thirties. We’re talking life altering, health threatening obesity. If you take three people, one of them will be obese. That’s INSANE!

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Here are the top 10 fattest cities in America:

1

42.3%

Opelousas, LA

2

41%

Orangeburg, SC

3

40.2%

Hammond, LA

4

39.7%

Saginaw, MI

5

39.5%

Roanoke Rapids, NC

6

39.4%

Houma, LA

7

39.2%

Pine Bluff, AR

8

39.2%

Rocky Mount, NC

9

39%

Lumberton, NC

10

39%

Huntington, WV

How Does Obesity Affect America?

Healthcare Costs.

Obese people spend 42% more on healthcare. The estimated cost of obesity related medical treatments is between approximately $147 Billion dollars. That’s nearly 10% of all annual spending on healthcare in the USA

Lower productivity because of obesity costs employers $506 per obese worker per year.

As obesity and BMI rises, sick days, medical claims and costs go up as well.

Obese workers have close to 10 times the costs in medical claims and indemnity claims!

11

38.9%

Atlanta, GA

12

38.8%

Tullahoma, TN

13

38.7%

Greenville, SC

14

38.4%

Laurel, MS

15

38.2%

Memphis, TN

16

38.2%

Wilson, NC

17

38.1%

Morgan City, LA

18

37.8%

Fort Polk South, LA

19

37.8%

Nashville, TN

20

37.7%

Talladega, AL

21

37.6%

Lake City, FL

22

37.5%

Kansas City, MO-KS

23

37.3%

Lafayette, LA

24

37.2%

Omaha, NE

25

37.2%

Nashville, TN

26

37.1%

Danville, IL

27

37%

Aberdeen, WA

28

36.9%

Florence, AL

29

36.9%

Albany, GA

30

36.8%

Oxford, NC

31

36.7%

Clarksville, TN

32

36.7%

McAllen, TX

33

36.7%

Beaumont, TX

34

36.7%

Virginia Beach, VA

35

36.6%

Niles, MI

36

36.6%

Muskegon, MI

37

36.6%

Florence, SC

38

36.5%

Jonesboro, AR

39

36.5%

Jackson, TN

40

36.4%

Alexandria, LA

41

36.4%

Shawnee, OK

42

36.3%

Charleston, SC

43

36.2%

Ozark, AL

44

36.2%

Fort Smith, AR

45

36.2%

Portsmouth, OH

46

36.1%

Mobile, AL

47

36.1%

Indiana, PA

48

36%

Pittsburgh, PA

49

35.9%

Ionia, MI

50

35.9%

Chillicothe, OH

51

35.9%

Enid, OK

52

35.8%

Palatka, FL

53

35.8%

Kinston, NC

54

35.8%

Athens, TN

55

35.7%

Flint, MI

56

35.6%

Searcy, AR

57

35.6%

Baton Rouge, LA

58

35.6%

Columbus, OH

59

35.6%

Tulsa, OK

60

35.5%

Allentown, PA

61

35.5%

Hagerstown, MD

62

35.4%

New Orleans, LA

63

35.4%

Florence, SC

64

35.3%

Kokomo, IN

65

35.3%

Longview, TX

66

35.2%

Albertville, AL

67

35.2%

Chicago, IL

68

35.2%

Monroe, LA

69

35.1%

St. Joseph, MO

70

35.1%

Moses Lake, WA

71

35%

Cullman, AL

72

35%

Raleigh, NC

73

35%

Longview, TX

74

34.9%

Marion, IN

75

34.9%

South Bend, IN

76

34.8%

Gadsden, AL

77

34.8%

Augusta, GA

78

34.8%

Somerset, KY

79

34.8%

Salisbury, MD-DE

80

34.8%

Columbus, MS

81

34.8%

Lawton, OK

82

34.8%

Kingsport, TN

83

34.7%

Sebring, FL

84

34.7%

Statesboro, GA

85

34.7%

Fayetteville, NC

86

34.7%

Muskogee, OK

87

34.7%

Bloomsburg, PA

88

34.6%

Shreveport, LA

89

34.6%

Lafayette, LA

90

34.6%

Hobbs, NM

91

34.6%

Tiffin, OH

92

34.5%

Columbus, GA

93

34.5%

London, KY

94

34.5%

Goldsboro, NC

95

34.5%

Gaffney, SC

96

34.5%

Fairmont, WV

97

34.5%

Beckley, WV

98

34.5%

Stevens Point, WI

99

34.4%

Battle Creek, MI

100

34.4%

Hattiesburg,MS

How We Built This Map

The CDC recognizes that obesity is a problem (as do most professionals). They have an entire department that deals with obesity and diabetes. We used their data, and then ranked cities with at least 50,000 people based on the most recent US Census data available.

Despite our puritan heritage, Americans really love to have sex. It turns out, a lot of us like to have sex without protection, too. Using publicly available data sources, we’ve mapped sexually transmitted diseases across most major cities in the USA. The military helped cities rank strongly in the top 10, with Norfolk Naval Base, Ft. Hood, and Ft. Bragg all pushing their cities to the top.

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The Top 10 Most Sexually Diseased Cities are:

Rank

City

Total STDs

Total STDs per 100,000

1

Montgomery, AL

4371

1899.20

2

St Louis, MO

5942

1867.54

3.

West Memphis, AR (Part of the Memphis Metro)

859

1717.29

4.

Philadelphia, PA

26151

1689.77

5.

Norfolk, VA [Norfolk Naval Base]

4013

1632.74

6.

Baltimore, MD

10134

1630.98

7.

Richmond, VA

3248

1544.39

8.

New Orleans, LA

5614

1520.37

9.

Killeen, TX [Ft. Hood]

4887

1512.83

10.

Fayetteville, NC [Ft. Bragg]

4826

1489.2

We have received many requests from the media for additional rankings, so we have expanded this list to include the top 100 most sexually diseased cities in America:

Ranking

City

Total STDs

Total STDs Per 100,0000

11

Washington, DC

9060

1432.812

12

Bronx, NYC

19847

1409.115

13

Monroe, LA

2178

1401.878

14

Amarillo, TX

1701

1390.444

15

Jackson, MS

3453

1388.738

16

Indianapolis,

12608

1371.96

17

Shreveport, LA

3461

1346.205

18

Milwaukee,WI

12832

1343.377

19

Pine Bluff, AR

992

1327.57

20

Virginia Beach,VA

1270

1316.471

21

Carbondale, IL

786

1308.452

22

Rocky Mount, NC

716

1279.623

23

Gallup, NM

916

1254.52

24

Lafayette, LA

902

1218.935

25

Orangeburg, SC

1091

1192.663

26

Memphis, TN

11068

1176.491

27

Sumter, SC

1271

1176.285

28

Detroit, MI

21056

1174.761

29

Decatur, IL

1293

1174.152

30

Clarksville, TN-KY

2118

1148.167

31

Hattiesburg, MS

882

1147.034

32

Hampton, City

1566

1144.436

33

Greenville, NC

1974

1143.99

34

Cincinnati, OH

9076

1131.617

35

Greenwood, SC

786

1126.785

36

Birmingham, AL

7267

1101.046

37

Newport News, VA

1988

1100.008

38

Cleveland-, OH

13733

1085.517

39

Tallahassee, FL

3068

1081.161

40

Columbus, GA

624

1079.211

41

Jackson, TN

1040

1054.168

42

Longview, TX

1286

1048.444

43

Little RockAR

4063

1044.599

44

Lynchburg, VA

805

1043.923

45

Peoria, IL

1954

1043.502

46

Kansas City, MO

7050

1040.779

47

Roanoke, VA

1014

1040.331

48

Anchorage, AK

3102

1038.813

49

Show Low, AZ

1110

1036.473

50

Lawton, OK

1309

1035.683

51

Albany, GA

978

1034.91

52

Florence, SC

702

1030.247

53

Mobile, AL

4249

1026.487

54

Macon, GA

1602

1023.891

55

Greensboro, NC

5121

1022.403

56

Denver, CO

6453

1017.398

57

Augusta, GA

2037

1005.494

58

Durham, NC

2789

997.3502

59

San Francisco, CA

8141

985.7567

60

Opelousas, LA

824

984.9155

61

Gainesville, FL

2471

982.8293

62

Florence, SC

1350

978.6296

63

Corpus Christi, TX

3395

976.4417

64

Jacksonville, NC

1786

974.5557

65

Boston, MA

7246

973.3674

66

Manhattan, New York City, NY

15706

970.0511

67

Roanoke Rapids, NC

523

968.4109

68

Bakersfield, CA

8224

960.5704

69

Belleville, IL

2567

954.7791

70

Lumberton, NC

1285

948.3675

71

Tuscaloosa, AL

1882

947.6525

72

Odessa, TX

1365

945.7821

73

Columbia, SC

3724

945.5857

74

Meridian, MS

745

928.6961

75

Dothan, AL

953

921.6456

76

Winston-Salem, NC

3274

914.1753

77

Columbus, OH

10916

913.0625

78

Waco, TX

2179

912.8346

79

Louisville, KY

6842

911.2606

80

Charleston SC

3270

895.493

81

Lubbock, TX

2545

890.6075

82

Houma, LA

996

890.1361

83

Jacksonville, FL

7815

888.47

84

Champaign-Urbana, IL

1804

887.4634

85

Washington, DC Beltway (Prince George’s County)

7767

881.4737

86

Springfield, IL

1754

880.2084

87

Valdosta, GA

1008

879.9497

88

Gadsden, AL

915

876.5039

89

Chicago, IL

45834

876.1408

90

Fresno, CA

8257

871.088

91

Morgan City, LA

463

862.2456

92

Kinston, NC

510

861.0938

93

Gaffney, SC

478

858.7546

94

Brooklyn, NY

21987

856.9808

95

Toledo, OH

3753

856.8532

96

Dover, DE

1428

851.8965

97

San Antonio, TX

15193

850.8129

98

Newark, NJ

6700

850.5301

99

Huntsville, TX

580

847.8541

100

Fort Polk South, LA

456

846.498

How We Collected and Created This Data

The data used here comes from the CDC for 2013, and reflects reports of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. (Herpes data is not collected). To normalize the data, we measured rates per 100,000 people. We chose only to show cities with a significant amount of population, so rural counties are not show on this map.

Specifically, we only rankied cities with a population of at least 50,000 or more. We ignored absolute STDs and only used the rate per 100k to establish rankings. We opted to treat Washington, DC. as a city and not a state. We also chose to represent each borough of NYC separately. They represent very different populations and should be treated as such.

Curious about how good (or bad) crime has gotten in the Big Apple? We took years of major crime statistics from the NYPD, and created a time lapse, by precinct. Click the Green Play button to start the time lapse.

About this Map

The NYPD has been using CompStat for many years to manage resources and crime. Those statistics are made publicly available . We chose to focus on the 7 major felony crimes in this map, as opposed to more nuisance and quality of life issues.

Note that how the data is created over the years has changed slightly. Certain precincts were created, others removed. Corrections data is no longer included, although it used to be.

The Empire State only lets you map individual sex offenders. You can’t plot a map of all of the sex offenders currently registered around your block or your neighborhood. For example, if you live on the Lower East Side, you can’t see all the offenders near you.

Until Now.

In an effort to make this data more accessible, we’ve (literally) put every sex offender in New York City on the map. Just click on each point to view pictures, name, offense, and a link to the full rap sheet provided by NYS Criminal Justices.

Important Reminder and Warning

Anyone who uses this information to injure, harass or commit a criminal act against any person may be subject to criminal prosecution.

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